This week we'll be preparing for the test, checking out all of your videos, and diving into the next unit. We will begin watching your videos in class on Monday, then on Tuesday we will play a Jeopardy game to review for Thursday's test. After class on Tuesday, the Jeopardy game will be posted on the homepage of the Boylston Science website. Wednesday we have health class in science for the day. Then after the Thursday's test, we will finish up the plate boundary videos and begin the Earthquakes unit. Mr. Bowles is after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week for extra help on the test. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we will be finishing up the Plate Boundary videos and begin preparing for next week's chapter test. Plate Boundary videos are due on Wednesday (Thursday for Block 1) - Monday and Tuesday will be used to finish these videos up in class. By midweek, we will review notes and readings to come up with good questions to put on flashcards for next Tuesday's (10/27) Plate Tectonics chapter test (4 bar). Then, as we near the end of the week, we will check out everybody's Plate Boundary videos during class. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we'll be diving into the Plate Boundaries Video project. Now that you've learned about the three types of plate boundaries - convergent, divergent, and transform - you will discover where these exist in different parts of the world. Underwater ridges, deep ocean trenches, earthquakes, and volcanoes are among the activities that occur at the intersections between Earth's plates. During this project, you will not only have a choice of the type of plate boundary, but also anywhere that boundary occurs in the world. Dig deep, look around, and find one that interests you. Stay curious and keep looking for answers!
This week we'll be wrapping up the first chapter of the book by checking out Sea-Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics (finally!). Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift was mostly ignored by scientists during his lifetime, but slowly evidence that supported his theory was uncovered. The first clue was found while naval ships mapped the ocean floor after World War I. Not only did they discover that the ocean floor was NOT flat, but they found that there was a mountain chain that extended thousands of miles through many of the world's oceans. Today scientists call this mountain range the Mid-Ocean Ridge. It's discovery led to our modern understanding of how the ocean floor grows in some places and shrinks in others. Without this discovery, we would not understand that our planet's crust is cut up into pieces or "plates". Therefore, without finding the Mid-Ocean Ridge we wouldn't have the theory of Plate Tectonics.
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